Category: Sudan

GENEVA, April 16, 2018 – A Swiss-based watchdog organization today called on the world body not to elect a “rogues’ gallery of the world’s worst human rights abusers” to the 19-nation UN committee that accredits human rights organizations, including candidate countries Iran, Russia, …

GENEVA, May 22 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch condemned this morning’s election of Sudan as Vice-Chair of the U.N. committee that accredits and oversees the work of non-governmental human rights groups at the world body, noting that the Khartoum regime persecutes human rights …

Sudan, whose leader is wanted for genocide in Darfur, is itself a victim of human rights violations, according to an official of the UN Human Rights Council, who blasted U.S. sanctions in a report delivered today before the 47-member body. Idriss Jazairy, whose title is “UN Special Rapporteur on the negative …

GENEVA, May 4, 2016 — As expected, Sudan’s universal periodic review (UPR) was by and large a wasted opportunity. The UPR is a process by which the UN Human Rights Council scrutinizes the human rights record of each UN member state every four years. Although some countries took the floor to condemn …

GENEVA, May 3, 2016 — One day before Sudan undergoes a mandatory UN review of its human rights record, a watchdog organization released a report contesting what it calls “fabrications, distortions and glaring omissions” in Sudan’s submission to the world body, and expressed concern that a …

Report on Sudan’s Submission to UN Human Rights Review UN Watch May 3, 2016 This report by UN Watch analyzes Sudan’s submission to the UN about its human rights record ahead of its appearance on May 4, 2016, before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, a …

“Do Not Spread A False Report”: Open Letter to U.N. Chief Ban Ki-Moon Ahead of His Synagogue Visit An open letter by UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer Dear U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Tomorrow when you attend synagogue to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day—after two weeks when you …

“Building peace in the minds of men and women” Though its ruler Omar al-Bashir is wanted for genocide by the International Criminal Court, the regime of Sudan was elected on Friday to the decision-making Executive Board of UNESCO, the world agency on education, science, and culture. Two days …

UN Watch Statement Human Rights Council, 27thSession Item 10: ID with IE on Sudan 24 September 2014 Delivered by Aaron Friedland Thank you, Mr. President. UN Watch is deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation of human rights in Sudan, as documented in the report of the independent expert that is before …